Twitter emails employees about coming job cuts — by Friday morning, workers will know whether their roles are on the chopping block



Twitter has warned workers that the company will be downsizing and informed them that by Friday morning, they will receive an email about their own employment situation at the social media platform.

"In an effort to place Twitter on a healthy path, we will go through the difficult process of reducing our global workforce on Friday. We recognize that this will impact a number of individuals who have made valuable contributions to Twitter, but this action is unfortunately necessary to ensure the company’s success moving forward," the email reads.

"Given the nature of our distributed workforce and our desire to inform impacted individuals as quickly as possible, communications for this process will take place via email. By 9AM PST on Friday Nov. 4th, everyone will receive an individual email with the subject line: Your Role at Twitter," the email notes.

"If your employment is not impacted, you will receive a notification via your Twitter email," the email states. "If your employment is impacted, you will receive a notification with next steps via your personal email."

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— Anthony DeRosa (@Anthony DeRosa) 1667522443

The job cuts come on the heels of billionaire business tycoon Elon Musk's acquisition of the Big Tech company — Musk has already ousted some figures, including former CEO Parag Agrawal.

Earlier this week, Musk blasted the company's "lords & peasants system for who has or doesn't have a blue checkmark," calling it "bulls**t," and indicating that he will offer verification and various features on the platform for $8 per month.

Musk has also indicated it will take some time before accounts previously banished from the platform be reinstated.

"Twitter will not allow anyone who was de-platformed for violating Twitter rules back on platform until we have a clear process for doing so, which will take at least a few more weeks," he tweeted. "Twitter's content moderation council will include representatives with widely divergent views, which will certainly include the civil rights community and groups who face hate-fueled violence," he wrote.

\u201c@yoyoel @JGreenblattADL @YaelEisenstat @rashadrobinson @JGo4Justice @normanlschen @DerrickNAACP @TheBushCenter @SindyBenavides Twitter's content moderation council will include representatives with widely divergent views, which will certainly include the civil rights community and groups who face hate-fueled violence\u201d
— Yoel Roth (@Yoel Roth) 1667352293

AOC accuses Elon Musk of being insecure and of having 'an ego problem'



Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has accused Elon Musk of being insecure and having "an ego problem."

Musk, who recently acquired Twitter, announced on Tuesday that he plans to offer an $8 monthly subscription for users to get verified and access certain site features — he blasted the social media platform's present "lords & peasants system" for determining who gets a verification badge as "bulls**t."

"Lmao at a billionaire earnestly trying to sell people on the idea that 'free speech' is actually a $8/mo subscription plan," Ocasio-Cortez tweeted.

Musk then mocked the left-wing lawmaker by replying, "Your feedback is appreciated, now pay $8." In another tweet, Musk highlighted that the lawmaker's campaign is selling $58 sweatshirts.

"My workers are union, have full healthcare + benefits like childcare help, and every one is paid a living wage. Proceeds go to community acts like tutoring underserved kids. You're a union buster with an ego problem who pockets the change from underpaying and mistreating people," Ocasio-Cortez tweeted.

\u201c@elonmusk My workers are union, have full healthcare + benefits like childcare help, and every one is paid a living wage. Proceeds go to community acts like tutoring underserved kids.\n\nYou\u2019re a union buster with an ego problem who pockets the change from underpaying and mistreating people.\u201d
— Elon Musk (@Elon Musk) 1667425439

"Also my twitter mentions/notifications conveniently aren’t working tonight, so I was informed via text that I seem to have gotten under a certain billionaire’s skin," the lawmaker tweeted. "Just a reminder that money will never by your way out of insecurity, folks."

Musk has indicated that it will be weeks before users who were ousted from the platform will be reinstated. "Twitter will not allow anyone who was de-platformed for violating Twitter rules back on platform until we have a clear process for doing so, which will take at least a few more weeks," he noted. "Twitter's content moderation council will include representatives with widely divergent views, which will certainly include the civil rights community and groups who face hate-fueled violence," he tweeted.

\u201c@yoyoel @JGreenblattADL @YaelEisenstat @rashadrobinson @JGo4Justice @normanlschen @DerrickNAACP @TheBushCenter @SindyBenavides Twitter's content moderation council will include representatives with widely divergent views, which will certainly include the civil rights community and groups who face hate-fueled violence\u201d
— Yoel Roth (@Yoel Roth) 1667352293

ADL chief rips into socialist Democratic Rep. Tlaib for 'ugly antisemitic dog whistling'



Leftist Democratic Rep. Rashida Tlaib accused people "behind the curtain" of making money off the abuse and exploitation of people "from Gaza to Detroit" during recently posted remarks to the 2021 Democratic Socialists of America National Convention.

Her claims have the leader of the Anti-Defamation League fuming and accusing her of "ugly antisemitic dog whistling," Newsweek reported Wednesday.

What did Tlaib say?

In comments to the DSA convention, "From the Ashes of the Old: Socialism for a New Tomorrow," which is taking place virtually through Sunday, Tlaib told viewers, "For me, as a Palestinian-American, we also need to recognize as I think about my family and Palestine that continue to live under military occupation and how that really interacts with this beautiful Black city that I grew up in."

"I always tell people cutting people off from water is violence," she added. "And they do it from Gaza to Detroit. And it's a way to control people, to oppress people, and it's those structures that we continue to fight against."

Of course, the lawmaker who has a reputation for making anti-Semitic remarks and accusing Israel of all sorts of atrocities, knew exactly whom to blame: The people "behind the curtain" who "make money" off the exploitation and harm of Palestinians and others.

I know you all understand the structure we've been living under right now is designed by those that exploit the rest of us for their own profit. I always say to people, "I don't care if it's the issue around the issue of global rights, and our fight to free Palestine, or to pushing back against those that don't believe in a minimum wage or ... a right to health care and so much more." And I tell those same people, that if you open the curtain and look behind the curtain, it's the same people that make money and — yes they do — off of racism, off of these broken policies. There is someone there making money, and you saw it, it was so exposed during the pandemic.

Because of all those structures — everything that was set up — they made record profit when we were all having some of the challenging, most difficult times in our lifetime, at that moment. And again, they made record profit, so if anything this pandemic has just exposed what we all have been fighting against.

How did the ADL respond?

Anti-Defamation League CEO Jonathan Greenblatt hopped on Twitter on Tuesday to call out the socialist lawmaker for what was, in his mind, a clearly anti-Semitic diatribe complete with dog whistles for her intended audience.

"Stunning to hear @RashidaTlaib claim 'behind the curtain,' those who prevent a 'free Palestine' are the "same people' who exploit 'regular Americans,'" he wrote.

This kind of rhetoric isn't new, Greenblatt noted.

"We've heard this kind of ugly #antisemitic dog whistling before, but it's appalling when it comes from a member of Congress," he tweeted.

Stunning to hear @RashidaTlaib claim "behind the curtain,” those who prevent a “free Palestine” are the “same peopl… https://t.co/euo6ZBIr0j

— Jonathan Greenblatt (@JGreenblattADL) 1628003656.0